C L U M B E L L A. 



Plate XXXIV. 



Species 21(i. (Mas. Taylor.) 



CoLUMBELLA FORMOSA. Col. ledd ovatd, lam, nitente, 

 pnllide rnsacen, fascia reticulata pallide avrantid 

 medio chiynlatd, aiifrnctihm plano-convexis ; aperlnrd 

 parrimnild, coliimelld cxcnvatd, labro simpHci. 



The beautiful Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, 

 shining, pale pink, encircled round the middle with 

 a faint band of orange network, whorls flatly con- 

 vex ; aperture rather small, columella excavated, lip 

 simple. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. ISol. 



Uah. r 



Of a beautiful transparent flesh-pink colour, extremely 



delicately reticulated round the middle, and at the base 



and sutural edges. 



Species 217. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Columbella Marquesa. Col. testa ovatd, Icsvi, tenui- 

 culd, pellucido-albd, medio aurantio reticulato-Jlam- 

 matd vel lineatd, apice rosed, anfractibus convexis, 

 primis paucis longitudinaliter costatis ; aperturd 

 pared, labro superne conspicue emarginato. 



The Marquesas Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, 

 rather thiu, transparent-white, reticulately flamed or 

 lineated round the middle with orange, pink at the 

 apex, whorls convex, the first few longitudinally 

 ribbed ; aperture small, lip conspicuously notched at 

 the upper part. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851. p. 11. 



Hub. Marquesas Islands. 



This species comes very near to C pidcheUa, and 



presents the same variety of painting. Sometimes the 



orange-brown is disposed in reticulated bands, 



in lines. 



Species 218. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 

 Columbella iodostoma. Col. testd fusiformi, crafsd, 

 medio obesd, longitudinaliter plicato-costatd, albidd, 

 utrinque violaced, aHrantio-fiisco varie fasciatd, an- 

 fractibus convexis, suturis impressii, ultimo basi in 

 canalem brevem recnrvo ; aperturd brevi, utrinque 

 denticulatd, labro 



The violet-mouth Columbella. Shell fusiform, thick, 

 stout in the middle, longitudinally plioately ribbed, 

 whitish, violet at each end, variously banded with 

 orange-brown, whorls convex, with the sutures im- 

 pressed, last whorl recurved at the base into a short 

 canal ; aperture small, denticulated on each side, lip 

 varicose. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851. p. 13. 



Uab. Port Essington. 



Closely allied to C. puella, which is smoother and more 



variably marked. 



Species 219. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Taylor.) 



Columbella hikundo. Col. testa fusiformi-clnvatd, 

 solidd, lavi, nitente, albidd, lineis aurantio-fuseis mi- 

 dulatis lentiginosd, spird attenuato-acuminatd, anfrac- 

 tibus subplanulatis, ultimo gibboso, ad basin canalicu- 

 latd et rostraid; aperturd angimtd, superrm emarginatd 

 el utrinque unidentatd, columella excavatd, labro sub- 

 vnricoso. 



The swallow Columbella. Shell fusiformly club- 

 shaped, solid, smooth, shining, whitish, freckled with 

 waved orange-brown lines, spire attenuately acumi- 

 nated, whorls rather flattened, the last gibbous, 

 channeled and beaked at the base ; aperture narrow^ 

 notched and one-toothed on each side at the upper 

 part, columella excavated, lip slightly varicose. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851. p. 12. 



Ilab. ? 



A remarkably characteristic clavate species, curiously 



beaked at the extremity. 



Species 320. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Columbella leucostoma. Col. testa acuminato-ovatd, 

 lavi, superne dense aurantio-reliculatd, inferne alba, 

 apice pellucido-albd, anfractibus convexis, ultimo ad 

 basin coarctato et sulcato ; aperturd parvd, columella 

 excavatd, labro vix incrassato, intus denticulate. 



The white-mouth Columbella. Shell acuminately 

 ovate, smooth, densely orange-reticulated above, 

 white below, transparent white at the apex, whorls 

 convex, the last contracted and grooved at the base; 



AprU, 1859. 



